Srinagar, June 26, 2023 (PPI-OT): Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir has expressed serious concern over the sacrilegious action of the Indian army in Masjid of Zadoora in Pulwama district, on the night of June 23 and 24, wherein the personnel of Indian army forced the namazis to raise ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans over the mosque’s loudspeakers. The MMU in a statement issued in Srinagar said the silence maintained by the authorities in this regard is unacceptable. It asked them to clarify their position in this regard as the religious sentiments of Muslims of IIOJK have been badly hurt and people are shocked.
It expressed concern over the fact that the government-backed institutions in the territory are increasingly interfering with the management and working of mosques, shrines, imambargahs and other religious institutions, saying this is causing distress which needs to be addressed. The MMU also called for immediate and unconditional release of the MMU patron Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who has been under arbitrary detention for the last four years, and other imprisoned religious leaders and preachers, before the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. It announced that a state-wide meeting will be convened after Eid-ul-Adha for a comprehensive review of religious and societal challenges facing the Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir and how to address them.
It should be noted that the organisations that are part of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema include Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, Darul Uloom Rahimiya, Bandipora, Mufti Azam’s Muslim Personal Law Board, Anjuman Sharia Shiaan, Jamiat Ahle Hadith, Jamaat-e-Islami, Karwan-e-Islami, Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, Anjuman Himayat-ul-Islam, Jamiat Tabligh-e-Islam, Jamiat Hamdaniyyah, Jamiat Ulema-e-Ahnaf, Darul Uloom Qasmiya, Darul Uloom Bilaliya, Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Mazharul Haq, Jamiat al-Imam wal Ulema, Anjuman Aima Wa Mashaikhs Kashmir, Darul Uloom Naqshbandiyya, Darul Uloom Rasheediyyah, Ahl al-Bayt Foundation, Madrasa Kanz-ul Uloom, Peerwan-e-Wilayat, Auqaf Islamia Khurram Sirhama, Bazm-e-Tawheed Ahle Hadith Trust, Anjuman Tanzeem-al-Makaatib, Muhammadi Yateem Trust, Anjuman Anwar-ul-Islam, Karwae-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwat, Darul Uloom Syed Al-Mursaleen, Anjuman Ulema Wa Aima Masajid, Falah Dareen Trust Welfare Society Islamabad, Ashraf Uloom Hydepora, Jamiat Ulema Kashmir, Idarah Wahdatul Makaatib Jammu and Kashmir, Darul Uloom Imdadiya Natipora, Darul Uloom Jamiat al-Rashaad Awantipora, Khanqah-e-Muradiya Jamia Masjid Kreeri, Darul Uloom Sout-ul-Qur’an Gulshanabad, Srinagar, and several other contemporary religious, social and educational associations.
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